Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-07-06
DAKOTA NEWS.

Aberdeen has under consideration a
proposition to establish n creamery in that
town.
The damage 70 Grand Forks resulting
from the recent tornado is now placed at
Sl50,OO0.
Irving Bath, of Sioux Falls, has been
appointed postoffice inspector with sal
ary Of $4,000 year.
Dakota Knights of Pythias oppose the
admission to the order of Sandwich Island
ers or saloonkeepers.
The Second National bank of Grand
Forks was damaged by fire and water to
the extent of $500, lately.
The Free Trade Democrat, of Huron,
. is offered for sale, the editor desiring 10
enter into other business.
An excursion train of three coaches
and baggage car loft Sioux Falls the
other day for Spirit Lake.
Thirteen thousand gophers have been
killed in Hyde county this season, and yet
they do not seem to diminish.
The Winfred water supply is said TO
be getting low and the matter of sink ng
an ortesian well is being agtated.
"A street fakir sold Villas innocent an
envelope supposed to contain $40 bill
for $40, and Immediately had business in
another locality.
"A Sioux Falls girl "went for" the
printers devil because the city directory
had Mrs. prefxed to her name when it
should have been Miss
The reported discovery of a twelve
foot vein of coal near Durbn is said to be
bona fde find, and the region round
about is greatly excited.
The Saloonkeepers' union of Grand
Forks raised 500 to assist in repairing the
fair grounds, the buildings on which were
destroyed by the cyclone.
Vice. President Oakes, of the Northern
Pacific, was in Grand Forks lately, and
contributed $500 to the rebuilding of the
fair grounds at that place.
The homeopathic physicians of the
territory think they are not sufficiently
recognized in appointments to the board OF
health, and will appeal to the next legisla-
ture.
The Sioux Falls Incandescent Light
company have already obtained orders for
enough lights to come up to the amo unit
required for starting the works in good
shape.
The old settlers of Pierre have organ.
lied themselves inlo an association.
Twenty six have been found who passed
the memorable winter of 1880 and 1881 in
that town.
The town of Little Muddy, on the
Missouri at the meeting of that stream and
the Minot extension OF the. Manitoba road,
has been rechristened, and will hereafter
be called "Williston."
The interest in divs on and prohibi.
ton, both questions to be voted on this
fall, is growing, and it is plain that by
the time the vote is taken the people will
be thoroughly aroused.
The election at Ludden on the que s.
tion of bonding the school district for
$4,000 for the purpose of erecting new
school house was hotly contested, but re-
suited in favor of bonding by majority OF
I6.
The Huronite has on exhibition a
stone weighing about fourteen pounds
which local scientist made the editors be-
lieve to be the petrified egg of n roc. an
ancient bird said to be as large as an ele-
phant.
The Drake polishing works of Sioux
Falls, have Just completed three elegant
jasper pedestals which are to be finished
with gold bronze trimmings. They are for
Tiffany & CO., N. Y, and are to be used
in mounting clocks.
A man by the name of Daley, timber
man in the Caledonia mine near Sturgis,
has laid over all previous efforts made in
lifting the bars Of base bullion. Daley
lifted nine bars at one time--about 500
pounds. Charley Culp stood at the head
of the LIST, five bars.
The Eleventh infantry, which has been
stationed at Fort Sulley for twelve years
past, has received orders to pack up and
20 east, and will be stat oned at Bedloe's
Island, Sacketts Harbor and Plattsburg.
The officers and men are we'll pleased
with the change.
The Dakota Bell declares that "Col-
onel Hossdealer, before being lynched the
other night, handed us $2 and requested
that the paper be continued to his family
another year. The colonel is gentleman
and a public-spirited citizen. Our best
wishes accompany him."
The officials Of the Fremont, Elkhorn
an Missouri Valley railroad urge upon the
people Of the Black Hills country the i'm
portance Of having their section repre-
sented at the coming exposition at Lin
coin. Nebraska, and offer to transport free
all exhibits from the Hills to Lincoln and
return.
The Territorial Editorial association
failed to make the necessary arrangements
to carry out the proposed trip 10 Duluth
and from there via the lakes 10 Chicago,
and it is now proposed to hold the annual
meetluB NJ OIOux IuilS, duO Do CO0te0t
with more modest excursion to some To-
cal lake.
"A few nights ago party OF miners at
Carbonate took barber of that place from
his house and after giving him severe
beating applied coat Of tar and feathers
to his anatomy and warned him 10 leave
the country forthwith or worse would fol-
low. The barber, who had the habit Of
beating his wife, took the advice OF his
visitors.
The Custer City Chronicle has ''in-
side information" th at the B. 4 NJ. sur.
veyors are running o line no Beaver
Creek. The party has bcen on that stream
for the past two weeks and that they have
,, run three different lines from the Wyom-
ing line mp Beaver creek, distance Of
twelve miles. Their camp has been about